Washing-machine



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J.M.B0LT0N. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 429,993. Patented June 10, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

JAMES M. BOLTON, OE CARSON, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of vLetters Patent No. 429,993, dated J' une 10, 1890. Application filed June 15, 1889. Renewed April'Zl, 1890. Serial No. 348.770. (Model.)

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be. it known that I, JAMES M. BOLTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oarson, in the county of Pottawattamie and State Ol' Iowa, have invented a new and useful Tashing-Machine, of which the following is ya specification.

This invention has relation to Washingmachines, and among the objects in View are to provide a :machineso constructed as to be capable of operating upon any portion of a garment any desired period of time, whereby said portion may be thoroughly cleansed without subjecting the entire garment to the rub- -bing operation or to the lsubjection of one garment to more rubbing and cleansing than lare its companions; to provide means for regulating the degree of pressure given to the rubbers, and, withal, to provide a machine operating as above and obviate at the same time any necessity of immersing the hands of 'the operator in the water.

, A furtherobject of the invention is to so mount the parts as to prevent the rubbing of the clothes in'dirty or used water, and so that the clothes may, after a proper rubbing, be removed to another tub for a thorough rinsing and be prevented from sinking down into thecollection of dirtremoved from previouslywashed garments.

With these general objects in view the invention consists in the provision of a sudsbox, and pivoting within the same the frame yieldingly at one end, and in mounting over said frame a holdin g-rubber, and providing a lever for moving the same from one point to another under a superimposed revoluble rubber, whereby different garments or portions thereof are brought to the rubbing point and subjected to the cleansing operation, and,furthermore, to provide said superimposed rubber with suitable gear for revolving the same, all as will hereinafter appear.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective; Fig. 2, a plan; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on line c x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line fz/ y of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

lrepresents an ordinary rectangular sudsbox, having suitable supporting-legs 2 and a hinged cover 3, the upper surface of which is provided with a triangular bracket 4, hinged thereto by hinges 6, whereby said cover may be swung upon its hinges and the bracket thrown to an outer position and abut against the adjacent side or wall of the suds-box, and thus provide a convenient clothes-supporting shelf. Vithin the suds-box at one end are mounted opposite brackets 6, having at their upper ends bearings 7, in which is mounted the rock-shaft 8,the ends ot which project at each side of its bearings and are provided with an upwardly-disposedinverted- U shaped handle or bail 9, extending up about flush with the upper edge of the suds-box. Intermediate the brackets and the supporting ends of the bail 9, at each side of the box, is loosely mounted a longitudinal arm 10, which projects to the opposite end of the box, and they are connected by a' tie-rod 11. At the inner sides of the opposite side walls of the box are secured brackets 12, in which are loosely mounted levers 13, the outer ends of which are connected by links 14 to the ends of the tierod 11. The opposite ends of the levers 13 are attached loosely to coiled springs 15, the opposite ends of the springs being made fast to their respective walls of the suds-box. The inner ends of the levers 13, or those ends to which the springs are attached, are preferably provided with a series of notches, into any one of which the ends ot the springs may be hooked, whereby the tension to the lever 13 will be increased or diminished, and whereby, also, the frame composed of the arms 10 and tie-rod 11 may be drawn upwardly to a greater or less degree. The upper edges of the opposite arms 10 are each provided with recesses 16 intermediate their ends, and upon the same is mounted and adapted to ride the holding-frame, which I shall now proceed to describe.

17 represents the holding-frame, and the I IOO 22 connect the opposite depending arms of the operating-handle 9 with the rear ends of the side bars 18 of the frame 17 ,and by oscillating the handle or bail it is apparent that the frame 17 as a Whole may be moved back and forth upon the track 1G, formed in the bars 10.

23 represents a longitudinallycorrugated rubbing-roll mounted upon a revoluble shaft 24, journaled in opposite bearing-brackets 25, secured to the walls of the suds-box. Upon the outer end of the shaft is mounted a small pinion 2G, which is keyed to the shaft, and above the pinion and in the bearing-bracket at one side of the box is mounted upon a shaft 27 a ring-gear 2S, having a crank-handle 29.

From the above description it will be seen that by operating the ring-gear 2S motion will be imparted to the pinion 2G, the shaft 24, and the rubber 23. It will also be noticed that by reason of the yielding connection described the frame 17 and also the supporting-frame will be maintained in a yielding manner against the corrugated roller Furthermore, that, regardless of the revolutions of the corrugated rubber 23, movable rubbing-frame 17 may be moved along to present different articles of clothing to the action of the rubber, or to present dii"- erent portions of an apparel to the action of the rubber, and that by holding the handle so as to bring the desired'portions under the rubber certain soiled portions of apparel may receive more rubbing action than other portions. Itis also apparent that the parts wherein are located the cleansing mediums are arranged near the upper portion of the box, or at about the water-line, and thus the apparel is not forced back and forth through the dirty water, the sediments of which will not be agitated, and will sink to the bottom of the box for withdrawal.

By disconnecting the spring 15 from thel lever 13 and removing the shaft 24 the parts may be withdrawn for drying.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim is- 1. In a washinglnachine, the combination, with a suds-box, of a handle pivoted in the box, a frame provided with tracks pivoted in the box, means for yieldingly supporting the frame at one end, a holding-frame mounted over the yieldingly-held frame and connected with the handle, and a superimposed rubber, substantially as specified.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination,

with the suds-box, of a pivoted handle mounted therein and at one end, a yieldinglysupported pivoted frame mounted in the box and provided with opposite tracks, a holdingframe mounted upon the tracks by means of rollers mounted therein, links connecting the holding-frame and handle and a superimposed corrugated rubber, and mechanism for rotating the same, substantially as specified.

3. In a washing-machine, a suds-box provided with opposite brackets at one end,and with a shaft, in combination with a bail or handle mounted on the shaft, and opposite longitudinal arms having tracks mounted 011 the shaft pivotally and connected at its opposite ends to superimposed levers pivoted to the side of the box, spring-pressed at one end and loosely connected at the other to the side arms, a holding-frame connected with the handle and provided with opposite frictionrollers running in the tracks and with intermediate loosely-mounted rubbing-rollers, and a superimposed corrugated roller mounted on the shaft, and means for operating said shaft, substantially as specified.

4. The box 1, provided with the opposite brackets 6, having the shaft S, in combination with theinverted-U-shaped handle 9, pivoted to the shaft, the opposite bars 10, also pivoted to the shaft and connected at theirouter ends by the tie-bar 11, and provided with intermediate tracks 16, the bracket 12, pivotally supporting the levers 13, having the notches at one end, and the springs 15, connected therewith and having their opposite ends connected by the links 14 to the tie-bar, and the frame 17, consisting of the opposite bars 17, connected at their ends bythe cross-bars 19, recessed upon their innersurface and provided with rollers 20, operating in the track 16, and having the intermediate rubbing-rollers 21, and the links 22, connecting the rea-r ends of the bars 18 with the handle 9, and the shaft 24, mounted above the frame 17 in bearings 25, and provided with rigid corrugated rubbing-roller 23 and pinion 26, and the studshaft 27, mounted at one side of the shaft 24 and carrying the ring-gear 28, meshing with the pinion 2G, and havin g the operating-crank 29, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. BOLTON.

Vtltnesses:

W. J. WAY, ED RAYBURN.

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